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CVE-2024-8006

NULL pointer dereference in libpcap before 1.10.5 with remote packet capture support

CVSS 4.4 MEDIUMEPSS 0.2%CWE-476
Vexday Risk Score
13Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit Patch referenciado
Lifecycle
30 Aug 2024Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
Remote packet capture support is disabled by default in libpcap. When a user builds libpcap with remote packet capture support enabled, one of the functions that become available is pcap_findalldevs_ex(). One of the function arguments can be a filesystem path, which normally means a directory with input data files. When the specified path cannot be used as a directory, the function receives NULL from opendir(), but does not check the return value and passes the NULL value to readdir(), which causes a NULL pointer derefence.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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